Bug #17648: syslog inserts random characters into log files

From: swinghammer@starbak.net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 4.1.2 PHP Bug Type: *General Issues Bug description: syslog inserts random characters into log files Here is an example of some of the output from our log files. The syslog function was called with: define_syslog_variables (); openlog("name",LOG_ODELAY,LOG_LOCAL3); preceding it, closelog was never called. If this is the cause, then the documentation should be updated to reflect this requirement. Here is an example of what is in the logs: () at Jun 5 12:51:25, 000; text-decoration: underline} at Jun 5 14:09:12, ^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^ at Jun 5 14:09:33, ormat: () at Jun 5 14:09:12, Jun 5 14:09:33 h118 ^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^D^D^D^D^D^D^D^D: -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17648&edit=1 -- Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=17648&r=globals